Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

What if? – School visits

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

What if every federal and state politician, principal. and school board member was required to visit a school like the School of the Future in Philadelphia, or an after-school program like the one at the North Kenwood / Oakland Charter School in Chicago, or a class run by a teacher like Marco Torres in Los Angeles? What would our schools be like? What would our children’s lives be like?

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

A glowing light bulb is in the center of the image, surrounded by various mathematical formulas and equations on a blue background.

Hard Science

The big myth that keeps people from loving math

Why dispelling the notion that it’s all about getting the correct answer is so powerful.

Visitors exploring why people get lost in a large, complex wooden maze installation in an indoor gallery setting.

Neuropsych

Why do some people always get lost?

Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction.

Charles bridge in prague, czech republic.

Neuropsych

An untold story of LSD psychotherapy in communist Czechoslovakia

Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.

Two navajo men in military uniforms working on a radio.

High Culture

Why Navajo is the world’s hardest language to learn

The tonal Native American language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.

Neuropsych

The strange persistence of first languages

After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.

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